Haplosporidium Cranc Infection of a Shore Crab (IMAGE)

Swansea University

Haplosporidium Cranc Infection of a Shore Crab

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(A). Phase-contrast micrograph showing mononucleated haplosporidians in the haemolymph of an infected crab. Note unusual chromatin arrangement (unlabelled arrows). (B). Uninucleate haplosporidians in the terminal vessel of a gill lamella. Note prominent chromatin blocks in these cells (unlabelled arrow). (C). Multinucleated plasmodial forms (P) of this parasite in the interstitial space of the hepatopancreas. Scale bars = 10 μ m.

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BlueFish Project/Swansea University

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